Live fish bag holder



y 8, 1956 .1. GRONEK LIVE FISH BAG HOLDER Filed March 13, 1955 IN VEN TOR. Jo/zrz Gm rzek,

; lun Milli United States Patent LIVE FISH BAG HOLDER John Gronek, Chicago, Ill. Application March 13, 1953, Serial N0. 342,089

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-39) The present invention relates to the holders or supports for live fish bags, and has for its main object the provision of a suitable clamping device which may be quickly engaged or disengaged with the side of a boat, and whereby the frame upon which the bag is suspended may be supported either in its operative extended position or its raised inoperative position.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a suitable clamping device attachable to the side of a boat with which the fish bag supporting frame may be hingedly connected and from which the same may be readily disengageable.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this application, and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the present device; I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the present drawing there is shown a U-shaped clamp member 10, through one leg of which screw bolt 11 is extended. Head piece 12, in a swivelled relation with the inner end of said screw bolt 11, in conjunction with the other leg of the clamp member 10, clamps the side' of boat 13. Thumb piece 14 carried by the opposite end of screw bolt 11 defines a means whereby said screw bolt 11 may be manually rotated for engaging with or disengaging said clamp member 10 from the side of boat 13.

Rigidly aflixed to said other leg of clamp member 10 by means of rivet 15 is U-shaped bracket 16. The free terminations of the sides of said U-shaped bracket 16 are formed with laterally extending wings 17, which have recesses 18 formed at their upper edges. Tubular member 19 is extended through the sides of said U-shaped bracket 16. The ends of said tubular member 19 have flanges 20 which remain in contact with the outer faces of the sides of said U-shaped bracket 16. By virtue of this arrangement the sides of said bracket are rigidly connected and are prevented from spreading, and at the same time said tubular member 19 is held in a rigid position relative to said U-shaped bracket 16. I

Said tubular member 19 is on a plane below the plane of the body portions of said wings 17 adjacent the bottoms of said recesses 18.

Fish bag 21 is supported upon a frame, generally indicated by 22 adapted for support by and upon U-shaped bracket 16. Frame 22 is made out of a single strip of cylindrical metallic material, such as a rod, or the like,

Patented May 8, 1956 and includes longer side 23 from which end members 24 project.

Links 25 project from said end members 24 in a convergent direction. Side members 26 project from said links 25. Said side members 26 are substantially in a parallel relation with said longer side 23. Arms 27 project from said side members 26 in a parallel mutual relation, and in a perpendicular relation with said side members 26 and the longer side 23. Formed with the free ends of said arms 27 are extensions 28 which enter said tubular member 19 and which define a pivot upon which frame 22 is adapted to swing to its operative extended position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so to its raised inoperative position. When in the extended operative position of frame 22 arms 27 enter recesses 18 wherein said arms 27 are supported upon the upper ends of said wings 17.

By virtue of the fact that said tubular member 19 is upon a plane lower than the-plane upon which the upper portions of wings 17 within recesses 18 are located frame 22 remains at an incline while in its extended operative position, as seen in Fig. 1, with the longer side 23 of the frame being disposed farther away from boat 13 than said side members 26.

By virtue of the inherently resilient nature of frame 22 extensions 28 tend to spring towards each other and to remain in a mutual contact while in tubular member 19. By virtue of this arrangement frame 22 may be re moved from its connection with U-shaped bracket 16 by manually spreading arms 27 away from each other until extensions 28 are freed from tubular member 19.

While there is described herein preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

1 A fish bag holder comprising a bracket having a pair of parallel side members and a pair of wings projecting laterally from one end of said side members, means for securing said bracket to the side of a boat with said side members projecting outwardly from the side of the boat and said wings being located on the outer ends of the side members, said side members having axially aligned apertures therein inwardly of said wings, said wings having notches in the upper edges thereof, and a bag frame formed out of a single rod bent to provide a generally looped body portion, a pair of parallel arms spaced apart the same distance as the notches in said wings and extensions extending laterally toward each other from the inner ends of said arms to enter said apertures in the side members of said bracket and removably pivot said frame to said bracket, whereby when said frame is lowered into its operative, bag holding position, said arms enter said notches in the upper edges of said wings so as to prevent accidental removal of said extensions from said recesses.

2. A fish bag holder comprising a bracket having a pair of parallel side members and a pair of wings projecting laterally from one end of said side members, means for securing said bracket to the side of a boat with said side members projecting outwardly from the side of the boat and said wings being located on the outer ends of the side members, a tube connecting said side members together inwardly of said wings, said side members having apertures therein communicating with the interior of said tube, said wings having notches in the upper edges thereof, and a bag frame formed out of a single rod bent to provide a generally looped body portion, a pair of parallel arms spaced apart the same distance as the notches in said wings and extensions extending laterally toward each other from the inner ends of 0' a said arms to enter said tube and removably pivot said References Cited in the file of this patent frame to said bracket, whereby when said frame is lowered UNITED STATES PATENTS into its operative, bag holding position, said arms enter saidnotches in the upperedges'of saidwvings so. as to pre- 1158O13 Vondemke "r" 2 vent accidental removal of said extensions from, said 5 1,311,628 Walsh July 29,

recesses 2,100,235 Brown Nov. 23, 1937 2,289,592 Riedi July 14, 1942 2,367,588 Kruse Jan. 16, 1945 

